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Selections for Tramore – July 7th 2026
5.25: ROYAL APPROVAL (LEIGH ROCHE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.00: DREAM ON BABY (GARY CAROLL/EMMET MULLINS) 6.30: MARMALADOVA (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 7.00: CHURCHWARDEN – EW – (GARY CARROLL/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.30: FORLIO – EW – (COLIN KEANE/PAUL FYNN) 8.00: NELSON MUNTZ – EW – (JIMMY DALTON (7)/HARRY KELLY) 8.30: INCHIQUIN STAR – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/TERENCE O’BRIEN)
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Running out of ammunition for the blame game
You wonder at what point on Saturday last did the “Oh f**k, not again” feeling invade the headspace of the Cork senior hurlers. Because, particularly if you happened to be taking in the action on television, if you just switched of half way through the second half, you would be entitled to total exoneration for…
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Selections for Roscommon – July 6th 2026
4.38: ROCKY’S HOWYA (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.13: TAKE THE FREE (AIDAN KELLY/ENDA BOLGER) 5.48: LUKER’S TIPPLE – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.18: MANOIRE DE MIRANDE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.48: DANI DONADONI (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.18: ANNIE’S ANGEL – EW – (JOSH HALFORD (7)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 7.50: WHERE ARE YOU NOW – EW – (HARRY…
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Strong second half shoots Meath into semis
MEATH… 0-15 DERRY… 0-12 There was something poignantly fitting about Meath advancing to the semi final of the Glen Dimplex All Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship as news broke of the passing of the founder of competition sponsor Dr Martin Naughton of Stackallen House, Rathkenny. For Stephen Shiel’s team, it was a case of another lodgement…
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Sometimes the painful explanation is the only one
It’s an unfortunate reality of sport that, sometimes, you will encounter an opponent whom your best simply won’t be good enough to win against. Personally, the worst case of same encountered in this seat was the Meath MFC Final when the Dunboyne team with which I was a mentor were trounced by Navan O’Mahonys 0-04…
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Leddy into the half back line
Erin Leddy from Na Fianna retains her berth in the Meath half back line having replaced Trim’s Blaithnaid Hughes at half time against Carlow ahead of today’s All Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship quarter final at Pairc Gratton in Inniskeen. Therein, Stephen Shiel’s side will be hoping to not only improve the county’s abysmal record on…
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As you were for visiting Royals
Meath manager Wayne Freeman has announced an unchanged team from that which defeated Tyrone last time out for this evening’s TG4 All Ireland LSFC quarter final against old foes Kerry in Tralee. The match has a 5.15 throw in time and will be broadcast live by the competition sponsors. That means that Karla Kealy and…
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Selections for Bellewstown – July 4th 2026
5.15: BEAUVALLON (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.48: PRESS THE BUTTON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.18: BECAUSE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.48: ARDEEN JOY (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.18: HITTHEHAYSON – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON/IAN DONOGHUE) 7.48: BURNING ABILITY – EW – (GARY NOONAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 8.18: FORTYSIXNCHANGE (HARRY SWAN/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Naas – July 4th
1.22: CONCORDE LANDED (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 1.57: KEKE (BILLY LEE/EDDIE LYNAM) 2.33: CARRY THE FLAG (RONAN WHELAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.08: HARRY’S HILL – EW – (SHAY WALLACE (7)/MARTIN HASSETT) 3.44: RANTING LIMA – EW – (DIEGO LIMA/DIEGO DIAS) 4.18: MAI DAHLIA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.53: CADREVILLE – EW – (NEEVE BENNETT (7)/JARLATH FAHEY) 5.30: SIR…
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Podcast Episode: Put the word ‘Cup’ in the description and excitement is guaranteed
Pip: There is a four-letter word that turns a midweek fixture into a national event, and no, it is not "free." It is "Cup." Mara: Brendan has been thinking about exactly that — the strange alchemy of tournament football, the upsets it produces, and the Irish memories wrapped up in World Cup summers. Let's start…
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